Climate models show switch will happen decades faster than previously thought, with ‘profound’ implications

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/30/rain-replace-snow-arctic-climate-heats-study

Damian CarringtonEnvironment editor@dpcarringtonTue 30 Nov 2021 11.00 EST

Rain will replace snow as the Arctic’s most common precipitation as the climate crisis heats up the planet’s northern ice cap, according to research.

Today, more snow falls in the Arctic than rain. But this will reverse, the study suggests, with all the region’s land and almost all its seas receiving more rain than snow before the end of the century if the world warms by 3C. Pledges made by nations at the recent Cop26 summit could keep thetemperature rise to a still disastrous 2.4C, but only if these promises are met.

Even if the global temperature rise is kept to 1.5C or 2C…